John Barnes, science fiction writer, more than 25 books out there; selling off a variety of collectibles, including (soon) "foul papers" -- early drafts and notes with letters of provenance. Trying to balance the interests of scholars and collectors for a fair outcome for everyone (including me). Mainly discussions about what conditions I should impose on the buyers for this purpose. Some announcements as items come up for auction.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

New Discoveries!

I'm holding off a bit on FINITY and MOTHER OF STORMS because I'm finding so much material for the collections I've already listed. For THE CENTURY NEXT DOOR collection in particular -- that auction closes tomorrow -- I just found two really cool items -- the final-for-the-editor draft of WITH HIS CANDLE LIT INTO THE SUN (which became CANDLE), and the original of the Future History Chart (I thought I only had a bad photocopy) on the back of four sheets of fanfold (and the front side is four pages from my produced-just-once play, EYE HEART SHOES, which is the story of a young foot fetishist who loses his job in a shoe factory but finds happiness by responding to advertising. Heartwarming fun for the whole family, if there are any directors out there looking for scripts I suppose ... (I do have a complete draft of the rest of it, but that's not part of this auction!)

And you can find it at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150093024243&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:2

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And whether that worked or not, the thing I forgot to add was that I actually found so much stuff for SIN OF ORIGIN that I'll have to list it tomorrow -- it's getting late and I'm very tired -- and probably revise shipping cost upward, along with a lot of small, interesting fragmentary stuff for THE MAN WHO PULLED DOWN THE SKY. More soon

About Me

I've written and published more than 25 books in the last 20 years; the quickest place to find a full listing is in my Amazon profile at http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A3GL35KHVDHAKG/ref=cm_blog_dp_pdp/104-2231561-1927151
Over the next few months I plan to sell most of the collectible stuff in my closets and storage space.
This blog is dedicated to discussing the right way to sell off my "foul papers," all the stuff I do on the way to the finished book.
Please read the first post to see what the issues are, and discussions and announcements should start with the second post.
I don't think that the interests of scholars, collectors, and the rest necessarily conflict at all; I think there is some excellent balance to be struck, and I'd like to strike it.